PHYS 333 - Electromagnetic Theory I - Fall 2006

Instructor: Ben Vollmayr-Lee, bvollmay@bucknell.edu, Olin 168, x7-3106

Office Hours: M, T, W, Th 9-10 (general) and M 2-3 (PHYS 333 only)

Text: David Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics

Course Syllabus

Exams

Homework

Schedule

Dates Topics Reading
Aug. 23 - 28 Vector Fields and Vector Calculus 1.1 - 1.3
Aug. 30 - Sept. 4 Vector Calculus and Delta Functions 1.4 - 1.6
Sept. 6 - 11 Electrostatics: Coulomb's Law, Gauss's Law 2.1 - 2.2
Sept. 13 - 18 Electrostatics: Potential, Work, Energy 2.3 - 2.5
Wed, Sept. 20 Catchup and Review
Fri, Sept. 22 Exam 1
Sept. 25 - 29 Electrostatics Math Techniques: Laplace's Equation, & Method of Images 3.1 - 3.2
Oct. 2 - 4 Electrostatics Math Techniques: Separation of Variables, & Multipole Expansion 3.3 - 3.4
Oct. 6 - 11 Electric Fields in Matter: Polarization 4.1 - 4.2
Oct. 13 - 18 Electric Fields in Matter: Displacement and Dielectrics 4.3 - 4.4
Fri, Oct. 20 Catchup and Review
Mon, Oct. 23 Exam 2
Oct. 25 - 30 Magnetostatics: Lorentz Force, Biot - Savart Law 5.1 - 5.2
Nov. 1 - 3 Magnetostatics: Vector Potential 5.3 - 5.4
Nov. 6 - 8 Magnetic Fields in Matter: Magnetization 6.1 - 6.2
Nov. 10 - 13 Magnetic Fields in Matter: Auxiliary Field H, Permeability 6.3 - 6.4
Fri, Nov. 17 Catchup and Review
Mon, Nov. 20 Exam 3
Nov. 27 - Nov. 29 Electrodynamics: Faraday's Law, Ampere's Law 7.1 - 7.2
Dec. 1 - Dec. 4 Electrodynamics: Maxwell's Equations 7.3
Tuesday, Dec. 12
3:30 PM 		Final Exam